Hinge



June 13, 1933. RQEDDlNG 1,913,456

HINGE Filed May 28, 1951 fax Z22 Z Foe/ilk Patented Jun e 13, 1933thelessbe strong. i These objects are att BRASscOMrANY, or GRAND RAPIDS,MIQHIGAN,1"AVECORBQRATION,EMICHIGAN,

amen

Application filed May 28,

The present invention relates to hinges; and its objectis, generally, toprov1dea hinge improved in respects hereinaftenappearing; and moreparticularly, to provlde a hinge whose hinge members may be readilyconnected in swingable relation; and further,

to provide a hinge having improved bearings; andfurther, toprovide ahuge made partially of sheet metal bent to" required shape; and further,to provide a hinge WlIICh may be very economically made and neverainedby, 'and the vention finds preferable embodiment in, the

hinge particularly described in the body of this specificationand'illustrated bythe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a frontel'evational view of a hinge connecting a door closure and a doorjamb,fragments of which are shown;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view, of said hinge, the door closure and jambbeing shown in section taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the hinge, other portionsthereof being shown in section taken on the same line 2-2; Figure 4 is asectional view ofthe hinge taken on line 44 of Figure 1; and

Figure ,5 is an inner side viewoi the hinge. In this drawing isillustrated a hinge,

adapted for useon refrigerators and the like,

, comprising a hinge member 1 having ahead portion 2 of globular formand a shank portion 4 adapted to be thrust into a bore 5 in the body ofthe refrigerator or the j amb 6 of its door opening and being internallythreaded for receiving a mounting screw bolt 7. A

pintle 8 is seated in a bore9 in saidhead and its end portions 10 extendoutwardly from said head2. The hinge comprises also the otherhingemember 11 madeof sheet metal and having a flat portion extending at12 parallelly with the face of the door closure 13,

then Iinclinedlyinwardly at 14, and then parallelly with said face at 15where it is mounted on the closures inner side as by screws 16.,

This second hinge member 11 also has spaced hollow extensions 17embracing the head 2 between them and covering and conceallng from Viewsaid end portions 10 of the 1951. sesame; 540,601;

pintlei erhese 116110;} ektiisiens "17 is shown conical in shape,theirmutually adjacentedges 18-being the bases of such cones turnablybearing on the opposite sides 3 of; the globular head portion 2; of thehinge member 1. i

Tongues 19 project from extensions 17, and are bent under said endmembers together in turnable relation. It-

the ends these portions 10 of the pintle to connect the hinge M will beseen that an economically constructed hinge is thus provided, in whichthe hinge members are readily connected, the pintle is concealed fromView, an ornamental appearance is presented, and in whichdirt-collecting parts are eliminated to a marked degree, thus assuring asanitary fixture so desirable in refrlgerators and food contamers.

It will also be seen that the edges 18 of the conical extensions 17,bearingon the globular head portion2 of hinge member 1 in a circularpath around the pintle 8 and out wardly spaced therefrom,provides abraced constructionjwhereby the hinge member 11, is held securelyagainst tilting from the axis of the pintle, so that the connection ofthe hingemembers 1 and 11 by the tongues 19 a or the like need not be sostrong as if said bearings of the edges 18 on the globular head ,8

2 were absent. i

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims, is nottovbe limited to or by details ofconstruction of the particularembodimentthereof illustrated by the drawing or hereinbefore described.

, Iclaim; 1. In ahinge: a hinge member having a globular head providedwith a pintle whose end portions extend outwardly from its 0ppositesides, and a shank adapted tobe in serted into a bore in a door jamb formounting said member thereon; a second hinge member made of sheet metalhaving a flat portion adapted tovbe mounted on a door closure, andspaced hollow extensions embracing the head of the first-mentioned hingemember and covering the pintles end portions, said extensions havingtongues bent under said end portions respectivelyto connect the hingemembers together turnably.

2. In a hinge: a hinge member having a globular head provided With apintle Whose end portions extend outwardly from its op-,

posite sides; a second hinge member having spaced hollow tubularextensions embracing the globular head and covering the pintles endportions, the mutually adjacent edges of the tubular extensions turnablybearing spacedly from the pintle on the opposite sides of-the globularhead, said extensions having other bearings inside the same receivingthe ends of the pintle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids,Michigan, this th day of May, 1931. -GQRDON E; ROEDDING.

